Increased C-Reactive Protein in Brazilian Children: Association with Cardiometabolic Risk and Metabolic Syndrome Components (PASE Study)
Table 1
Traditional cardiometabolic risk factors of children according to serum hs-CRP concentration, Viçosa, MG, Brazil, 2015.
Cardiometabolic risk factors
Total
hs-CRP (mg/L)
values
<P90
≥P90
%
%
%
BMI z-score (kg/m2)
0.027
Normal
238
68.0
220
92.4
18
7.6
Overweight/obese
112
32.0
95
84.8
17
15.2
↑ Waist circumference (cm)
0.001
Absent
274
78.3
245
92.7
20
7.3
Present
76
21.7
61
80.3
15
19.7
↑ Neck circumference (cm)†
1.000
Absent
324
92.6
291
89.8
33
10.2
Present
26
7.4
24
92.3
2
7.7
↑ WHtR
0.125
Absent
292
83.43
266
91.1
26
8.9
Present
58
16.57
49
84.5
9
15.5
↑ Body fat (%)
0.144
Absent
181
51.7
167
92.3
14
7.7
Present
169
48.3
148
87.6
21
12.4
↑ Gynoid body fat (g)‡
0.005
Absent
297
84.9
273
91.9
24
8.1
Present
53
15.1
42
79.2
11
20.8
↑ Android body fat (g)‡
0.004
Absent
298
85.1
274
91.9
24
8.1
Present
52
14.9
41
78.8
11
21.2
↑ TC (mg/dL)
0.576
Absent
273
78.0
247
90.5
26
9.5
Present
77
22.0
68
88.3
9
11.7
↓ HDL-c (mg/dL)
0.005
Absent
251
71.7
233
92.8
18
7.2
Present
99
28.3
82
82.8
17
17.2
↑ LDL-c (mg/dL)
0.616
Absent
299
85.7
270
90.3
29
9.7
Present
50
14.3
44
88.0
6
12.0
↑ Triglyceride (mg/dL)
0.300
Absent
189
54.0
173
91.5
16
8.5
Present
161
46.0
142
88.2
19
11.8
↑ Glucose (mg/dL)†
0.015
Absent
343
98.3
311
90.7
32
9.3
Present
6
1.7
3
50.0
3
50.0
↑ HOMA-IR‡
0.166
Absent
296
85.0
269
90.9
27
9.1
Present
52
15.0
44
84.6
8
15.4
↑ Insulin (μU/ml)†
0.473
Absent
342
98.3
308
90.1
34
9.9
Present
6
1.7
5
83.3
1
16.7
↑ Blood pressure (mmHg)†
0.237
Absent
314
90.0
295
93.9
19
6.1
Present
35
10.0
35
100.0
0
0.0
hs-CRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein; TC, total cholesterol. ‡Classification according to the 85th percentile of the sample. Pearson’s chi-square test ();†Fisher’s exact test ().
